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Fire Destroys Vacant Home

A fire has destroyed a vacant home in Zorra Township.

Just before 5am on Friday, OPP officers were called to assist with a fire at an unoccupied home on 27th Line between Road 88 and Road 84.

Officers and members of the Zorra Township Fire Department arrived at the home to find it fully engulfed in flames.

The Ontario Fire Marshal was contacted but will not be attending the scene.

Police are treating the cause of the fire as suspicious and are investigating.

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